KARACHI: Police on Monday arrested a terrorist associated with the banned outfit, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Karachi’s Malir area. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Irfan Bahadur, the police party in a raid in Malir area arrested a hardcore terrorist belonging to TTP. The terrorist named Usman Ghani alias Irfan is associated with TTP’s Bajauri group and is trained from Afghanistan. Usman went to Afghanistan for training in 2019, where he met Taliban Commander Qari Ubaidullah alias Qari Saqib, said the SSP and added that the outlaw knows the hidden ways to reach Afghanistan from Bajaur. The arrested terrorist was involved in an attack over security forces in Charmang area of Bajaur, in which a sepoy was martyred. The outlaw was in contact with accomplices through Facebook. Illegal weapons and bullets were recovered from the possession of the arrested accused and interrogation from the TTP terrorist was underway SSP said and added that more arrests are also expected in near future.
